Packilvanian grammar: Difference between revisions
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(Created page with "The grammar of the Packilvanian language is as follows. For the words of thereof see the Packilvanian dictionary. == Nouns == Nouns are marked for class, case, and number. Packilvanian nouns are built as follows: {| class="wikitable" |+ !Case !Class !Number !Noun !Demonstrative |- |No case (nominative and sometimes accusative) "o-" (Accusative) "a-" (Genitive) "we-" (Locative) "ye-" (Instrumental) "kha-" (Infinitive) |"-l-" (non-sapient) "-m-" (sapient) |"-u-...") |
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These are used to show something to a smaller degree: the suffix -amne or -mne can be added as a suffix to noun, verb or modifier. This can be doubled to further diminuate the word concerned. For example, '''luwayeet''' (man) becomes '''luwayeetamne''' (small man) which can become '''luwayeetamnemne''' (a very small or pathetic man). Double diminutive are often used as pejoratives.
Intensive forms have the suffix -''gur'' or -''agur'' or the preferred form ''qur''. intensive word form is one which denotes stronger, more forceful, or more concentrated action relative to the root on which the intensive is built. For example: '''Manje''' (eat) becomes '''manjegur''' (devour) becomes '''manjegurgur''' (consume gluttonously). Double intensives are also pejoratives in many cases.
Packilvanian does not have sex-based grammatical gender but a suffix can be added to a word to feminise it. -'''Elea''' and -lea are the official root however a simple -a, -ia and -lia have been used to effeminise words. Non-feminised words also use the latter three at their ends. For example lumedichi (doctor) becomes lumedichilea (female doctor). Feminisation applied to men is regarded as a pejorative.
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*'''Pushtar''': Despite
*'''Khawayar''': However
== Comparatives and superlatives ==
To show that a word is the most superlative among the three or more options described one adds the intensive form -''qurqur'' to the end of the word. To show that a word is the biggest out of two options and bigger than another option in a list but not the biggest of all, one uses the lesser intensive form -''qur''. E.g., ''Basqur'' means bigger and ''basqurqur'' is biggest. If there's only two options, then ''basqur'', means the biggest. People can also use redoubling to mean the superlative. For example, ''basbas'' means biggest. It's rarely used in formal writing. Basqurqur is rarely used in every day conversation is usually appears in formal writing. Normally the way people speak, the comparative and superlative and intensive forms are combined since there's rarely any need for a distinction between the three forms.
==Numbers==
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